Canadian Writing Comes to You -- Live!

The Reading Series has been bringing cutting-edge Canadian writers to St. Jerome's University since 1984.

Each year we strive to offer a range in our slate of visiting writers: well-established and up-and-coming, from the local area and from sea to sea, working in verse and prose and beyond. Experimental and traditional, serious and playful, beautiful and stark, cynical and celebratory -- come and sample the wealth and variety that is Canadian literature today.

These readings are special opportunities to get inside the book -- to hear writers read their own words, and speak about their own writing. Every reading includes an open question and answer session.

All readings are free and open to the public. And there's free parking!

St. Jerome's is located at 290 Westmount Road North, Waterloo, Ontario.

From its beginnings through 2018-19, the Reading Series has been funded by the Canada Council for the Arts and St. Jerome's University. It now continues to be funded by St. Jerome's.

06 September 2024

Spencer Gordon reads 4 October!

 We're excited to announce the kickoff event for our 2024-25 series!

Spencer Gordon will read for us on Friday 4 October at 4:30pm, in SJ2 1002. 

Hope you can join us! And please spread the word. The reading is free and all are welcome. 

Photo credit: Danita Hosking


Spencer Gordon is the author of three books: a collection of 'dramatic monologues,' A Horse at the Window (House of Anansi Press, June 2024); the poetry collection Cruise Missile Liberals (Nightwood Editions, 2017); and the short story collection Cosmo (Coach House Books). He invented the literary magazine The Puritan (now Ex-Puritan) and ran it for a decade. He's taught writing at OCAD University, George Brown College, Humber College, and the University of Toronto, and now works as a Principal Associate at Blueprint, a nonprofit research organization dedicated to solving public policy challenges. He currently lives in Bowmanville, Ontario.

Spencer notes, "as with my last book, any potential royalty-related money is going to FredVictor.org, a charity that fosters long-lasting and positive change in the lives of homeless and low-income people living in Toronto. (Also, Fred Victor's Bethlehem United shelter is the only long-term shelter in Toronto that allows pets to accompany their owners!) So, know that picking up a copy of A Horse at the Window also supports a worthwhile organization."

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